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Cavaliers look to continue dominance

By Luis Maes | September 22, 1999

Tonight in the cozy confines of Klockner Stadium, the No. 16 Virginia men's soccer team (3-2-1, 0-1-1 ACC) looks to return to their top form against a Virginia Tech (4-2) squad it has owned in the recent past. "Virginia has usually dominated the series, but it's always a big game for us," Virginia Tech men's soccer coach Jerry Cheynet said.

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Injuries place Stukes' career on hold

By John Moorehouse | September 22, 1999

Has Dwayne Stukes violated some ancient supernatural credo? Is he living on Indian burial ground?

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Gibbs sparks soccer team's offensive play

By Sam Le | September 21, 1999

Can you remember what your dreams were when you were 10 years old? To be an astronaut? A politician, maybe?

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Women's tennis wins four finals in '99 opener

By Scott Clayton | September 21, 1999

The Cavalier women's tennis team won three out of four singles divisions Sunday to make a solid showing at the three-day Wolfpack Invitational held at N.C.

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Secrets of the AP Poll votes revealed; Cavs hope for top 25 reappearing act

By John Moorehouse | September 21, 1999

In the aftermath of Virginia's sado-masochistic 35-7 beatdown of Wake Forest, Cavalier fans no doubt scratched their collective noggin yesterday as they scanned the new Associated Press poll in search for their beloved Cavs.

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Surgery to end Griffith's year

By Bethany Dick | September 21, 1999

High hopes for Travis Griffith's final year of Cavalier football were shattered with yesterday's announcement that the defensive end will need season-ending ankle surgery.

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Carolina tars, feathers field hockey in shutout

By Bethany Dick | September 20, 1999

The Cavalier field hockey team fell to North Carolina 1-0 yesterday, marking its first loss of the season. The Tar Heels (6-1, 1-0 ACC) tallied the only goal of the game when forward Kristen McCann scored with 7:33 to go.

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Grounded: Cavalier defense stifles Wake's rushing attack

By Ashley Stanley | September 20, 1999

Wake Forest quarterback Ben Sankey said he knows why his team fell apart in front of 50,000 people at Scott Stadium Saturday night. "They took away our running game," Sankey said in the locker room with a tired shake of his head. The Cavalier defense did worse than that.

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Cavaliers use Wake Forest as confidence builder in Homecoming blowout

By Tracy Berman | September 20, 1999

After the humiliating loss to Clemson last weekend, many people were ready to write off the Virginia football team.

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Deacons fall in Jones' wake

By Jed Williams | September 20, 1999

George Welsh's Cavaliers entered Saturday's home opener with Wake Forest looking more like a horde of sick children than a football team -- a defense devastated by injury, a secondary burned alive against Clemson and a passing offense unable to strike down the field. But the Cav coach, who has confronted more than his fair share of adversity in his 18 years in Charlottesville, managed to dig deep enough into the medicine chest and unearth the solution to all Cavalier ills: Thomas Jones. In front of the record-breaking crowd of 50,000 at the revamped Scott Stadium, Jones did his best Heisman pose -- juking, sliding, cutting and steamrolling his way to 164 rushing yards and three scores in a 35-7 Cavalier triumph.

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Men's soccer ends in 1-1 tie with Deacons

By Jon Prober | September 20, 1999

In an ACC match-up that proved to be as tenacious as expected, the Virginia men's soccer team battled Wake Forest to a 1-1 tie. "It was a hard-fought game," Virginia coach George Gelnovatch said.

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Cavs seal weekend sweep with victory

By Jim Reedy | September 20, 1999

RALEIGH, N.C. -- In the preseason, coach April Heinrichs anointed her Cavalier women's soccer team the best in the impressive history of the program.

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Slashing the bandwagon's tires

By John Moorehouse | September 18, 1999

I'm not going to add myself to the rapidly growing bandwagon that has seen fit to pronounce doom upon the Virginia football team a mere two weeks into the season.

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Like father, like son: Bowden will take Tigers to glory

By Jed Williams | September 18, 1999

The gap between omnipotent Florida State and the rest of the ACC appears to be larger than ever. After all, Florida State resides atop all 18,347 college football polls, and the 'Noles have finished each of the last 12 years ranked in the top four.

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Injuries stretch Virginia defense to breaking point

By Jed Williams | September 18, 1999

If he still were alive, Howard Cosell would have a field day with the Virginia defense. "Down goes Pope!" the raspy voice of American sports would bellow.

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O'Donnell boosts young Cavs

By Jon Prober | September 18, 1999

He might not be the flashiest player on Virginia's men's soccer team, but when Drew O'Donnell takes the field you can count on one thing for sure - he'll get the job done and get it done well. "He's not a guy who has a lot of statistics," coach George Gelnovatch said.

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Tracy, Lindsey pace Virginia

By Jim Reedy | September 18, 1999

Watching a Virginia women's soccer game, Katie Tracy is one of the first players to stand out. She's yelling encouragement to her teammates from her spot at center midfield, out-fighting her opponents for headers and loose balls and generally doing all the things a reigning team MVP should do. Lori Lindsey is often harder to spot.

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Anderson escapes past, leads defense

By Jed Williams | September 18, 1999

Maurice Anderson has a request. Forget about the two-inch boxcutter scar stretched across the left side of his face.

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Wake wideout looks to snare postseason bid

By Ashley Stanley | September 18, 1999

It's easy to see why Wake Forest football coach Jim Caldwell and wide receiver Jammie Deese get along - they both know what they want. Five years ago Caldwell wanted the dynamic young high school senior from Laurinburg N.C.

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Cavs anxiously await today's Wake-up call

By Ginny Turner | September 18, 1999

After two tough games on the road, the Virginia football team comes home with the hope of defending a 15-game winning streak against Wake Forest today at 7 p.m. Under the lights at Scott Stadium, the Cavaliers (1-1, 1-1 ACC) will celebrate Homecoming as they attempt to extend one of the nation's longest winning streaks.